Descriptive: What current AgTech innovations are being successfully implemented? How are successful AgTech innovations currently being implemented? Explanatory: What are the key characteristics of successful AgTech innovations? What are the best ways to market AgTech innovations? Evaluative: How can breakthrough technologies make farming more efficient? Can private sector innovations be effective in causing large-scale impacts? […]
Archives for October 2015
Environmental Justice GIS Lab
by Audrey Stuart, Liza Tugangui, Blake Slattengren Background This lab used arcGIS mapping features to examine issues of environmental injustice within the city of Portland. GIS is an easy way to look at trends across city blocks to understand how various factors may be related to environmental health. The ultimate goal of our analysis was […]
Agriculture tech: next big opportunity in Southeast Asia?
by Nadine Freischlad Agriculture has become – pardon the pun – a lucrative field for technology companies. A total of US$2.36 billion was invested into the global agriculture tech – or agtech – businesses in 2014, which put in on par with sectors like fintech, and ahead of clean tech, according to a recent report by […]
Bon Winners 2015
Place is a necessary method to view world. It is something that must exist to explain or even define an experience. Through this lens, place becomes a deeply personal connection between a person and a location. Yet, it is still ignored by the vast majority of people. This phenomenon is explored in Keith Basso’s ethnography, […]